About Koalu Village

Koalu is a small village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 79 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Koalu compares

By the 2011 count Koalu is the 82nd largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 61.92 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Koalu

Koalu is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Koalu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Koalu from other places

Koalu lies about 27 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwar, about 9.2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Villages closest to Koalu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ormanjhi tehsil.

• Tirla under 2 km
• Chetarbari under 2 km
• Chultupalu under 2 km
• Palu under 2 km
• Kurum under 2 km
• Ukrid under 2 km

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.